The U.S. secretary of state said the Chinese government went to great lengths to intentionally conceal the severity of the outbreak. ( read original story …)
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Monday’s Stock Market Open: US Equities Fall On US-China Tensions Over Coronavirus
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused China of creating coronavirus in a lab Trump warned some 100,000 Americans may die from the disease Berkshire Hathaway dumped all of its $4 billion in airline … (…
China ‘Intentionally Concealed the Severity’ of Coronavirus Pandemic to Stock Up On Medical Supplies, U.S. Intel Report Says
Chinese officials worked to conceal this effort by “denying there were export restrictions and obfuscating and delaying provision of its trade data,” the DHS report alleges. ( read original story …)
Wall Street drops at open as airlines slump, China spat flares up
China tensions about the origins of the coronavirus outbreak, while billionaire Warren Buffett’s admission he had dumped his airline shares crushed major U.S. carriers. ( read original story …)
U.S. and global markets slide as tensions rise with China
Global and U.S. futures markets dropped sharply to open the week as tensions tightened between the United States and China over the handling of the novel coronavirus and after much of the country … (…
China Vacation Packages Put on Sale by World’s Biggest Tourism Group As It Urges Europe to Lift Travel Restrictions
The travel packages on offer include trips to the island of Hainan in southern China and other “destinations in well-known mountain and natural regions,” German travel group TUI announced. ( read original story …)
Exclusive: Internal Chinese report warns Beijing faces Tiananmen-like global backlash over virus
An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation, people … ( read original…
Oil prices fall on U.S.-China tensions, weak factory data
Oil prices fell on Monday on worries that a global oil glut may persist even as coronavirus pandemic lockdowns start to ease, amid a fresh spat between the United States and China over the origin…
Oil Prices Drop as U.S.-China Tensions Flare
Oil prices fell after tensions flared between the U.S. and China, and a Hong Kong fund designed to track the crude market said chaotic trading conditions had forced it to revamp its holdings. ( read…
Global markets drop, spooked by China-US tensions over virus
Shares have taken a turn for the worse as tensions between the Trump administration and China over the origins and handling of the coronavirus pandemic rattle investors … ( read original story …)
UK says China has questions to answer over coronavirus outbreak
Britain said on Monday that China has questions to answer over the information it shared about the novel coronavirus outbreak, but refused to comment on reports that a U.S.-led intelligence consortium … ( read original…
US officials believe China covered up severity of coronavirus outbreak to hoard medical supplies, DHS report shows
Chinese leaders “intentionally concealed the severity” of the pandemic from the world in early January, according to a DHS intelligence report dated May 1 and obtained by the AP. ( read original story …)
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Accuses China of a Cover-Up
Tensions between Washington and Beijing escalated as President Trump said the U.S. death toll could reach 100,000. The Supreme Court will hear cases remotely for the first time. ( read original story …)